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G. WILKENING.

MUSICAL GAME WHEEL. No. 404,140. Patented May 28, 1889.

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

GOTTLIEB \VILKENING, OF DAYTON, OHIO.

MUSICAL GAME-WHEEL.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 404,140, dated May 28, 1889.

Application filed October 6, 1888.

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, GOTTLIEB WILKENING, a citizen of the United States, residing at Dayton, in the county of Montgomery and State of Ohio, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Musical Game-WVheels; and I do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, which will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, and to the letters of reference marked thereon, which form a part of this specification.

My invention relates to improvements in musical game-wheels, the several features of which will be fully hereinafter set forth.

My object is the amusement of children while playing a game, so, that the marbles used in the same shall descend to the wheel over a series of metallic plates, each having a definite tone, thereby producing a rapid succession of musical notes which will be agreeable to the ear, thus combining the interest of a game with agreeable sounds.

The mechanism is illustrated in the accompanying drawings, in which- Figure 1 is a side view of the machine with a portion cut away. Fig. 2 is a top View of the wheel. Fig. 3 is a transverse section of the lower part of the machine on line 00, Fig. 1.

Like letters designate like parts throughout the several views.

A is a quadrangular frame having the uprights B B centrally situated at the ends, and on the top of which is supported the trough O. The pivot J (shown only in dotted lines at Fig. 1) is attached to the bottom at the longitudinal center and nearest the right end. On this pivot is mounted the wheel H. This wheel has at its center a pivotal bearing or hub, I, and near its periphery are a series of circular depressions to receive marbles, and numbered consecutively from 1 to 8. A rim is at its periphery, and outside of this are a series of circumferential lugs, 25. To the left upright is attached at an angle of about fortyfive degrees the two side rails which support the metallic plates 3, and the end terminates (No model.)

over the side of the wheel, so that when a marble rolls down over said plates it falls upon said wheel. In the slots of the cornerposts, E E, is held the bar F. 011 the under side of this bar is attached the pawl u, which is held to the bar by a strip of leather and is free to move forward; but as the top of said pawl engages the under side of the bar it cannot move backward. The use of this pawl is toengage the lugs of the wheel, and thereby cause the rotation of the same as the bar is drawn outwardly, and as it is forced inwardly the pawl slides over said lugs, and therefore does not arrest the movement of the wheel. On the top of the bar, near its center, is the projection 10, having inclining surfaces, and this, as the bar is moved to and fro, raises the discharging-bar D. This bar has an inclined top and is held at the top within a square orifice in the bottom of the trough, and the lower end is supported by screw 1 fastened to the upright 13, and occupies a lengthened slot of said dischargingbar.

The operation is thus described: A number of marbles are placed in the right end of the trough, the lower one of which falls into the square orifice and lies on the end of the discharging-bar. The others are held back by this one. By pulling the operating-bar the first marble is raised above the level of the bottom of the trough, it rolls down the same, and, striking in its further descent successively the metallic or sounding plates, thereby produces agreeable sounds, and the marble is finally brought to rest in one of the depressions on the face of the revolving wheel which was set in motion by the operating-bar. When all the marbles have settled in the depressions of the wheel, the sum of their respective numbers is taken, and this constitutes the game. If two or more are playing, the one obtaining the highest number of a given number of discharged balls wins the game.

Having fully described my invention, what I claim, and desire to secure by Letters Patent,

1. The combination of frame A, having uprights and inclining trough thereon and rails holding sounding-plates s, the pivotal wheel H, having lugs at its periphery and numbered cessive steps, the operating-bar F, with proj ection w and pawl '11,, and dischargingebar D, substantially as and for the purpose specified.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as 15 my own I affix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

GOTTLIEB VVILKENING.

Witnesses:

B. PICKERING, SUMNER T. SMITH. 

